Kesher Talk

Does Sarah skate to shuel? Ami Edan laments that Jews just did not notice skater Sarah Hughes. Well, I know I did not notice her because I could not care less about figure skating (no sticks or pucks involved in it). But my fiancee certainly noticed. Anyhow, here is Edan's take in the Forward

It's not as if there were a lack of clues: Her name is Sarah; she comes from Great Neck, N.Y., she has had dreams of becoming a doctor. Still, for the most part, the Jewish media were asleep at the Zamboni wheel during the 2002 Winter Olympics, when Sarah Hughes became the first member of the tribe to capture the gold medal in figure skating.

That's right, 16-year-old Sarah Hughes has a Jewish mother, Amy Hughes née Pasternack, and reportedly grew up in a house with some attachment to Judaism. But odds are you didn't read about it in your local Jewish paper.

posted by Howard @ 3/12/2002 01:24:05 PM